Chapter 467 - 466: This Entrance Feels a Bit Familiar?

Chapter 467: Chapter 466: This Entrance Feels a Bit Familiar?

Chapter 466: This Entrance Feels a Bit Familiar?

The Royal City.

The Empress’s sudden eruption instantly drew countless gazes.

Many who had still been waiting to see reinforcements from the royal city were stunned—judging by the situation, was the Empress of the Immortal Nation planning to take action personally?

On what grounds?

Even wielding the Human Emperor Sword and receiving tremendous amplification within the royal city, the gap between Divine Transformation and Nascent Soul was not something that could be erased so easily, was it?

Yet strangely enough, the previously overbearing Netherkin combatants suddenly panicked.

Explosive sounds rang out in rapid succession.

In midair, those Nascent Soul realm Netherkin that had fallen into silence after losing their netheric infants abruptly detonated. Blood splattered everywhere, only to surge back toward the heavens, merging into a rift at the edge of the sky.

Nor was that all. Many low-tier Netherkin that had crossed the Nether Formation shuddered simultaneously at that moment. A trace of sinister light flared upon their bodies. Amid shrill screams, they were transformed in the blink of an eye into wisps of smoke, which swept up the demonic aura that had previously covered nearly half the royal city, and likewise surged upward.

In that instant, the Netherkin’s numbers plummeted sharply.

Yet the expressions of the human cultivators all changed.

Not only because the pressure in the air had multiplied several times over, but also because, beyond the light barrier of the Human Emperor Sword to the north of the city, two figures had appeared.

A bear Netherkin. A peacock Netherkin.

These two Divine Transformation realm Netherkin—who, for reasons unknown, had ceased fighting earlier—suddenly unleashed a violent surge of spiritual energy.

"Three years ago, the former emperor of the Immortal Nation charged alone into the heart of our Netherkin Nation and suppressed the previous Netherqueen beneath the Ascending Immortality Lake for three years. This is an eternal shame to our race."

"For the past three years, our hatred has only grown."

"Today, the new Netherking honors our Netherkin race’s resolve to wash away this humiliation, reenacting within the Immortal Nation’s royal city the calamity that once befell the Netherkin Nation three years ago—capturing the Immortal Nation’s Empress. These karmic links shall be repaid!"

The peacock Netherkin in azure robes spoke in a soft, sinister voice that spread like rolling waves.

At its side, the earth-patterned black bear cautiously presented a withered grass ring.

A faint glimmer of light flickered across the ring, then faded back to normal.

It seemed as though some force had dispersed from it—yet also as though nothing at all had happened.

...

Several pairs of eyes observing the royal city narrowed.

"A rule-based artifact? The Netherkin race still has such a secret treasure?"

"Not necessarily from the Netherkin race... There are many existences waiting for this change. It may belong to one of them."

"But if that’s the case, the royal city is in serious trouble. With karmic weight this heavy, no Divine Transformation cultivator would be willing to touch it—that would invite dust tribulations and push them even farther from ascension."

"The former emperor of the Immortal Nation, being within the karmic link, can take action. But if the Daoist Sect Master intervenes, the half-step they’ve already taken will inevitably have to be withdrawn."

"Half-step to ascension... The ancestor forbids action—he’s waiting for those two. Hah, fine if we don’t act, but even the old monsters in the Imperial Ancestral Temple are standing by with folded arms... Could it be that they truly intend to welcome that one back?"

...

On the other side, the Immortal Nation’s response to the peacock Netherkin’s words was a single stroke of upright, majestic imperial sword light.

That sword light was like the cleaving of heaven and earth, bearing within it the momentum of rivers and mountains stretching for tens of thousands of miles.

The peacock Netherkin and the black bear Netherkin exchanged a glance. At this moment, the rule-based artifact on their bodies had already worn off, leaving them no choice but to act together with grim expressions, striking out to block the sword light.

Divine radiance converged, forming the peacock Netherkin’s avatar, which merged with the bear Netherkin’s palm strike.

Boom!

Demonic power collided with the sword light, erupting into a dazzling blaze.

The bear Netherkin and the peacock Netherkin staggered, sent flying backward a distance by the explosion, fresh injuries appearing on their bodies.

Yet their gazes remained locked onto the gradually fading brilliance.

Within it, the figure of a young girl dressed in imperial robes is revealed.

The girl held a dim jade stone between her fingers, her eyes icy cold, while a phantom figure before her slowly dissipated.

"When the former emperor was still around, you would not have dared utter such words."

The Empress’s cool, majestic voice spread through the deathly silence.

At the same time, the dim jade stone in her hand was replaced by a dark-golden longsword.

The golden radiance wrapped around the Human Emperor Sword seemed eager to burst forth. In just a few breaths, the golden light—previously covering only the northern part of the royal city—expanded outward at a terrifying speed.

Behind her, phantoms of all living beings, mountains and rivers, lakes and seas, the sun, moon, and stars appeared in succession, pushing her momentum to its peak.

Yet her movements did not pause.

The Human Emperor Sword was raised, points of light gathering together.

As she gazed upon that light, her eyes gently closed, as though some memory had surfaced.

’Imperial, don’t let your thoughts wander. Mobilizing Divine Transformation realm spiritual energy isn’t easy for us you know. Didn’t we already synchronize memories? That guy is probably still stuck in that space, there won’t be a repeat of last time.’

’Shut up, you embarrassing Mortal Alter Ego. I’m not thinking about him at all! This time my face has been completely disgraced because of you! Doing something so shameless while he was asleep—who knows, maybe that guy’s junior sister already saw through it...’

’That’s enough, pot calling the kettle black. Can’t we all be a bit steadier, like me? Alright, this sword strike is ready.’

Her beautiful eyes snapped open, revealing chilling killing intent.

In the next instant, before the two Divine Transformation Netherkin could fully readjust, they once again saw a brilliant sword light.

The moment the sword light flashed, wounds had already appeared on the bodies of the two Netherkin.

Yet strange smiles spread across their faces.

"Hehe~ at last it’s our Netherkin race’s turn to learn in advance what tricks your Immortal Nation possesses."

...

"Di— Divine Transformation? A Divine Transformation realm Her Majesty?!"

At the northern side of the city, several Six Gate Bureau Golden Ranked members stared in a daze. Night Crow jerked violently, his mask nearly slipping off his face.

They could all tell that although the Empress had borrowed external power to repel the two Netherkin at the beginning, what she was now displaying carried not the slightest hint of falsehood—it was genuine Divine Transformation might.

Even they were starting to lose their grasp of the situation.

The sudden appearance earlier of flames and lightning bearing the aura of a certain Demon Sect Holy Saint had already left them confused. And now, they were witnessing the Empress take decisive action herself?

"Something’s not right. Her Majesty must have used some kind of secret technique to temporarily obtain strength comparable to the Divine Transformation realm."

Wutong quickly made a judgment.

"This is a hidden trump card of Her Majesty’s?" Xuan Ming mused. "If that’s the case, then the earlier thunder and flames should also have been Her Majesty’s arrangements, one that was perhaps coordinated with that Demon Sect Holy Saint. That Holy Saint must have been secretly controlling the power of the thunder and fire, which is why his aura was present..."

Night Crow nodded. "That makes sense. Perhaps it’s the same as Her Majesty right now—using some secret technique for augmentation. His true strength probably hasn’t reached that level yet."

Hearing this, Tian Zhu—who, after arriving with Wutong, had been shrinking quietly at the side without saying a word—shifted her gaze away from "Kirin." She glanced at Night Crow, then at Xuan Ming, her sleepy eyes blinking once or twice.

"Demon Sect Holy Saint... the one who beat Xuan Ming?"

Her voice wasn’t loud, carrying a soft, slightly listless weakness, yet it made Xuan Ming’s burly frame stiffen all the same.

"Ahem. If things continue like this and the Netherking descends, the situation will still be unfavorable for us... After all, Her Majesty isn’t truly in the Divine Transformation realm."

Xuan Ming spoke in a heavy, somber tone.

Although the Empress had injured two Divine Transformation Netherkin with a single sword strike, she had mainly relied on the previous clash to put them in a state where their old strength was exhausted and their new strength had yet to arise. Combined with the divine sharpness of the Human Emperor Sword, she had managed to achieve that success in one blow.

If it were a straightforward contest of power, the current Empress might not be able to gain the upper hand against either of the two Netherkin.

After all, purely in terms of spiritual energy reserves, the Empress at present was only on par with Elder Yun and Elder Lei.

And now, in the heavens above, there was still a Netherking on the verge of descending.

With cultivation approaching Peak Divine Transformation realm, even the mere portion of its aura already revealed was enough to make everyone present feel short of breath.

"What we can think of, Her Majesty must have thought of as well."

Wutong said this, yet her gaze drifted toward a point not far away.

A dazzling pillar of light pierced through heaven and earth, as if it were drawing something down from beyond the skies.

That location had been cleared out early on under the Empress’s orders; at this moment, no one was able to approach it at all.

But at that very moment, her expression suddenly changed.

In the sky above, before the rift that had already torn open to an enormous extent, three golden feathers appeared out of nowhere.

Though, compared to the vast rift, they were clearly tiny, those three feathers now radiated an overwhelming sense of presence, stirring a reaction in everyone’s heart and drawing all eyes in that direction.

In the next instant, the three feathers plunged into the rift.

Whooooo—

A wind like the wailing of ghosts rose up.

A hazy, illusory shadow shot out of the rift like a specter, riding a demonic gale as it rapidly closed in on the pillar of light.

The demonic wind easily tore open an opening in the pillar—one that no one had previously been able to approach—allowing that illusory shadow to slip inside.

In the distance, the Empress—who had just slashed the two Netherkin with a single sword stike—had her expression freeze over like frost.

Her figure merged into the void, and in an instant she appeared beside the pillar of light as well, pressing one hand against it.

After saying something indistinct, she too entered the heaven-piercing pillar of light.

Once the Empress’s figure vanished, the two Divine Transformation Netherkin she had been suppressing reappeared in midair.

They forced down their injuries, mockery on their faces.

"Kekeke~ so the Immortal Nation’s Empress is a fool after all. Since the Netherking already anticipated her arrangements, how could she possibly beat the Netherking to it?"

The black bear ground its claws together and said to its companion, "You go check on the condition of that bunch of trash in the back. I’ll suppress these human cultivators below. Once the Netherking takes the immortal soul, we’ll offer it as a congratulatory gift for his ascension."

Its gaze swept toward the rising Elder Yun and Elder Lei... the two Daoist Sect Divine Transformation cultivators were far weaker than even its injured self.

As for the "trash" it referred to, those were the remaining Nascent Soul realm Netherkin who were still resisting the flames and lightning, their netheric infants not yet separated from their bodies.

The peacock Netherkin, however, shook its head. "Something has gone wrong at Demon Moon. That idiotic flood dragon has probably fallen, but I don’t know where the problem lies. Let’s end this quickly first—"

It was cut off mid-sentence.

Cut off by a peal of thunder from behind it.

After the thunder came the sound of a guqin.

Zheng!

Opposite them, Elder Yun and Elder Lei—who had been braced as if facing a deadly foe—also froze at the same time.

The guqin notes formed a melody, tugging at the heartstrings.

"So there were still two missing... Was it because, when subconsciously using that new ability, I avoided attacking the Divine Transformation realm combatant?"

"Whatever. Making up for it now works just the same."

A youth’s voice rose together with the guqin music.

Immediately after, two spatial rifts—clearly larger than the previous ones—tore open behind the black bear and the peacock, pouring out massive amounts of lightning and flame that swept over the bodies of the two Netherkin.

At the northern part of the royal city, the sword cultivators of the Three Elemental Clans and Xuan Ming stiffened simultaneously.

This kind of entrance—complete with thunder and guqin music—felt a bit familiar...

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Cultivation Realm:

1, Qi Refining

2, Foundation Establishment

3, Golden Core

4, Nascent Soul

5, Divine Transformation (Formerly Known as Tribulation Crossing)

6, Tribulation Transcendence

7, Land Immortal

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lkIcPnCxeyuyZA4Kkb621dPC05UvWjhD

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